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Replacing Halogens with LEDs

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There is always work to be done on a boat.

Today's project was to replace all of our 20W halogen lights with these 48 LEDs 3W bulbs, hoping to lower our electricity consumption. We also replac...

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Lifestyle: DIY Toothpaste

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We began working on a series of minimalist lifestyle recipes that make our time on the boat easier, you can read the first of this series of articles on Grimgrains.

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Episode 2: Moving In

Enjoy the second episode of our monthly video series,

made possible by our patrons.

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A room with a view

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We're settling into our new home, getting to know our neighbourhood which consists of a few other liveaboards, weekend sailors as well as seals. Living in a place surrounded by nature is wonderful, so many new sounds and smells.

It rains more often than not, luckily the nearest town, Sidney, is just a 20-minute bike ride a...

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Frequently Asked Questions

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We are maintaining a list of frequently asked questions here. You can add questions to the list by adding a comment below. This thread is public, for both patrons and guests.

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Live-aboard Day 1

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Today, we moved the remaining of our things, our bikes and all, onto the boat.

The previous owner of the boat gave us a rundown of the various buttons, cables, switches of our new home. 


We rode our bikes to Sidney to ...

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The first night on a sailboat

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Last night was our first sleep-over. To celebrate, we finally opened that bottle of Whisky, given to us by ex co-workers.

We acquired a few things that we were missing, sleeping bags, a pressure cooker, a bit of food, wine. We walked around Sidney, found some good coffee and bulk food stores. We still have a few things lef...

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Zero-waste

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We spend a lot of time thinking about how we will optimize our lives as live-aboards. One important thing to consider is trash, we aim to produce as little of it as possible. 

This week we made our first zero-waste purchases, such as compostable...

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The Haul Out, the inspection & the sea trial

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Today was quite a special one. Before this beautiful sailboat is entirely ours we had it hauled out, inspected and taken for a sea trial. 

It passed with flying colours.


The hull is in great shape, no bubbles, not dents, new zincs.

The inspection revealed just a few minor projects, such as the ladder n...

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Yamaha 33

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The vessel that was seen at the end of Episode I is now ours. 

It's a beautiful Japanese 33' Sloop built in 1982, from Yamaha.


It's currently docked...

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Episode 1: We're here

Enjoy the first episode of our monthly video series, 

made possible by our patrons.

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Moved to Vancouver

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Just a quick picture of Rekka at the airport, with our bikes.

We're visit the sailboat on saturday, stay tuned!

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Our last week in Montreal

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We're all packed, and we took care of our paperwork. Three more days of sleeping on hard wooden floors and we're off!

Similarly to the days leading to our departure for Tokyo, it has been an expectedly insane week . Between saying our farewells to our friends and families, we were on craigslist finding new owners for our f...

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It's snowing in Montreal, we're cocooning and packing for our move still. 2015 was a good year for us, in short, we traveled a lot and we went on our first sailing trip. This 10 day trip along the st-lawrence river was a godsend, it made us feel confident about our decision to move on a boat. 

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Boat Computer

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Our friends over at Robotcut made this amazing plaque to put into our boat and told us about Particle's Photon micro-controller!

This week, we began looking into ways with which we could log some boat statistics for the 2015-12-26 20:33:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 0: We want to feel lost again

We finally released our first video, it sets the tone for what is to come.

Thank you for your support!

Rekka & Devine

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A last look

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We're cycling around, gathering footage for our first video, coming out next weekend.

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Study

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Two mornings per week, we find ourselves at a local coffee shop to try and learn as much as we can, for in 30 days, we leave for Vancouver to find our boat. From 2015-12-13 20:20:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Origami Rabbit

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We've had a few request from backers on how to make the origami rabbit.

This is the guide that we used to learn to make it.


Enjoy!

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New filming equipment acquired!

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We present you the newest member of the hundred rabbits team: a goPRO session 4 camera! We can now start producing our monthly videos, the first one will be released on the 20th of december. This goPRO was our first milestone, the next one is a VR camera that will enable us to produce 360/Occulus videos. 

In other new...

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Oquonie Update for Apple TV, OS X, iOS!

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We worked extra hours this week, to complete the Apple TV release of Oquonie. This new version include fixes that will also be reflected on iOS and OS X. It should beco...

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100R Stickers

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We have made a bunch of 100R stickers for backers! We will start sending them next week to the Playtests Patrons. Just make sure you have given us your address. Send us some pictures of where you put them!

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Long Screenshot

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Every weekend we get together at a coffeeshop to discuss our plans for next year. As it is with all big changes, some problems arise. We just learnt that Vancouver is not so keen on liveaboards, we may not be able to have a long-term stay at a marina. But luckily, we found other areas that are more open to it. 
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Upcoming Projects

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First of all, thank you so much for backing our project. It means a lot for us to see this enthusiasm. We will be sharing Patrons Only updates each week, hopefully on the same day of the week, although we haven't decided which day it's going be.

This week, we would like to share with you our tentative roadmap...

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